Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Adolescent (in)vulnerability

M J Quadrel1, B Fischhoff, W Davis

  • 1Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

The American Psychologist
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Echocardiographic classification of dogs with aortic stenosis: potential utility of a novel staging system.

Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology·2025
Same author

A master protocol to investigate a novel therapy acetyl-L-leucine for three ultra-rare neurodegenerative diseases: Niemann-Pick type C, the GM2 gangliosidoses, and ataxia telangiectasia.

Trials·2021
Same author

Letter to the Editor: A response to 'What is lameness and what (or who) is the gold standard to detect it?'

Equine veterinary journal·2018
Same author

Response to Letter to the Editor: Do we have to redefine lameness in the era of quantitative gait analysis.

Equine veterinary journal·2018
Same author

Effect of an inhaled β-2 adrenergic receptor agonist on arterial partial pressure of oxygen in hypoxemic anesthetized horses.

Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia·2017
Same author

Porcine xenograft treatment of superficial partial-thickness burns in paediatric patients.

Journal of wound care·2016
Same journal

Cumulative adverse childhood experiences and parent-reported allergic conditions and asthma among U.S. children: A nationally representative study.

The American psychologist·2026
Same journal

Natural disaster, social cohesion, and prosociality: A natural experiment.

The American psychologist·2026
Same journal

Practice guidelines regarding psychologists' involvement in pharmacological issues.

The American psychologist·2026
Same journal

International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP): A constructive shift for psychology?

The American psychologist·2026
Same journal

Two dimensions of access: Availability and affordability of mental health care across the United States.

The American psychologist·2026
Same journal

Revisiting secondary antisemitism: Antisemitism as a cause, not a consequence, of ingroup-serving Holocaust distortions.

The American psychologist·2026
See all related articles

Adults and adolescents perceive themselves as less vulnerable to risks than others. This relative invulnerability perception was similar across age groups, challenging assumptions about adolescent risk-taking behavior.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Development
  • Risk Perception

Background:

  • Adolescents are often perceived as more prone to risk-taking than adults.
  • Cognitive decision-making processes in adolescents and adults show subtle differences.
  • Understanding risk perception is crucial for addressing adolescent behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare risk perception between middle-class adults, their teenage children, and high-risk adolescents.
  • To investigate the perception of relative invulnerability across different age groups and social targets.
  • To examine whether adolescents exhibit greater underestimation of personal risk compared to adults.

Main Methods:

  • Three distinct groups (adults, teens, high-risk adolescents) assessed personal and target others' risk probabilities.
Keywords:
Accidental DeathsAdolescent PregnancyAdolescentsAdultAge FactorsAlcohol DrinkingAmericasBehaviorBiologyDecision MakingDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily RelationshipsFertilityInterdisciplinary StudiesMortalityNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaParentsPerceptionPopulationPopulation At RiskPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsPsychological FactorsReproductive BehaviorResearch MethodologyRisk FactorsSelf-perceptionUnited StatesYouth

Related Experiment Videos

  • Participants evaluated risks for themselves, friends, acquaintances, parents, and children.
  • Comparative analysis of self-risk perception versus perceived risk in others was conducted.

    • Main Results:

    • All groups perceived themselves as facing less risk than target others.
    • Adolescents did not show a greater perception of relative invulnerability than adults.
    • Parents were perceived as less vulnerable than their teenage children by both adult and teen participants.

    Conclusions:

    • The perception of relative invulnerability is not significantly more pronounced in adolescents than adults.
    • Findings suggest that underestimating adolescent competence may lead to misdiagnosis of risk behaviors.
    • Interventions should consider nuanced understanding of adolescent risk perception rather than assuming inherent overconfidence.